Rudolf Baar

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Rudolf Baar (born January 12, 1880 in Pilsen , Austria-Hungary , † after 1935) was an Austrian naturalist and author. He was a professor at the Neue Wiener Handelsakademie .

Life

Baar came from the Kingdom of Bohemia and was the son of the teacher Wenzl Baar from Pilsen and his wife Marie nee Köhler. After attending grammar school in Pilsen, Baar studied, among other things, natural sciences at the German University in Prague . From 1904 to 1905 he was a test candidate and then a year teacher at the commercial academy in his hometown of Pilsen. In 1907 he accepted the call as professor at the New Vienna Commercial Academy. Here he taught the subjects of merchandise, natural history and mathematics. At the same time, he was a member of the examination committee for teaching at commercial schools.

He was a member of the German scientific-medical association for Bohemia "Lotos" in Prague and published, among other things, about the lichen flora of Bohemia, German plant names, horn sponges from the Pacific, infection and disinfection as well as knowledge of the milk tube.

Furthermore, Rudolf Baar was a member of the Parapsychological Society in Vienna and was particularly interested in all occult areas, especially hypnosis, and published several times about it in magazines. The best known was his book Our creative soul. Experimental evidence for the existence of an ego soul , Vienna, Johann Bondi & Sohn, 1926, which he published together with Walter Senn-Grundmann .

family

Rudolf Baar married Josefine Heinisch, the daughter of Anton and Josefine Heinisch, on October 28, 1909. Their son Herbert Baar, born in 1910, emerged from their marriage. Rudolf Baar lives with his family in Vienna IX, Altmüttergasse No. 6.

Works (selection)

  • with Viktor Kindermann: A small article about the lichen flora of Bohemia ( digitized (PDF, accessed on January 2, 2020))
  • with Walter Senn-Grundmann: Our creative soul. Experimental evidence for the existence of an ego soul , Vienna, Johann Bondi & Sohn, 1926.

Honors

  • Military knight's cross

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meeting reports of the German Scientific and Medical Association for Bohemia "Lotos" in Prague, volumes 51–54, 1903, p. 11 u. 65.
personal data
SURNAME Baar, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian naturalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Pilsen , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH after 1935